Re: [ofa-general] Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Roland Dreier
> We actually use the OFED 1.2 version. So, this feature is in use, but not > this > specific implementation. Hmm... how much testing has the implementation being proposed for merging actually had? It might still be OK if the answer is that it hasn't been tested at scale but that the basic c

RE: [ofa-general] Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Sean Hefty
>> With OFED 1.2 version of the code, right? >> >> >Yes. >But maybe they also used the new module - Sean? We actually use the OFED 1.2 version. So, this feature is in use, but not this specific implementation. - Sean - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in th

Re: [ofa-general] Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Tziporet Koren
Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: As far as I know Intel run with SA cache enabled on large clusters with Intel MPI With OFED 1.2 version of the code, right? Yes. But maybe they also used the new module - Sean? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the b

Re: [ofa-general] Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
> Quoting Tziporet Koren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans... > > Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > >We have the patches applied in ofed 1.2.c with default module parameter set > >to caching disabled (ofed 1.2 had a differe

Re: [ofa-general] Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Tziporet Koren
Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: We have the patches applied in ofed 1.2.c with default module parameter set to caching disabled (ofed 1.2 had a different version of the patches, but caching is disabled by default there, too). At least in this configuration (caching disabled), all issues I've seen seem

Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
> Quoting Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans... > > > - Take a look at Sean's local SA caching patches. I merged > >everything else from Sean's tree, but I'm still undecided about > >these. I

Re: [ofa-general] Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Roland Dreier
> We are working on IPoIB to use multiple EQ for multiple > links/connetions scalability. Does this mean this will wait for 2.6.24? I think so -- I don't want to merge something that first appears in the last few days of the merge window. The idea is to get your stuff queued up *before

Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Roland Dreier
> Well, the only issue I recall is about the # of EQs we want to allocate. > Was there something else? Yes, some ideas about how applications should pick which EQ to use. And how to handle CPU affinity. And whether we want to try to do something NUMA-aware. - R. - To unsubscribe from this lis

Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-16 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
> Quoting Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans... > > > > I haven't done any work on it or seen anything from anyone else, so I > > > expect this will have to wait for 2.6.24. > > > I'

Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-16 Thread Roland Dreier
> > I haven't done any work on it or seen anything from anyone else, so I > > expect this will have to wait for 2.6.24. > I'm surprised to hear this. How about this: > http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/general/2007-May/035757.html Sure, I remember that. But I haven't seen anything to su

Re: [ofa-general] Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-16 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
> Quoting Shirley Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans... > > Michael, > > I would like to try this patch for one adapter/2 ports scalability performance > for IPoIB. Is this patch appliable to OFED-1.2? Most likely yes

Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-14 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
> Quoting Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans... > > > Any plans to do something with multiple EQ support in mthca? > > I haven't done any work on it or seen anything from anyone else, so I > expect this will have to

Re: [ofa-general] Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-13 Thread Shirley Ma
Hello Roland, > > Any plans to do something with multiple EQ support in mthca? > > I haven't done any work on it or seen anything from anyone else, so I > expect this will have to wait for 2.6.24. We are working on IPoIB to use multiple EQ for multiple links/connetions scalability. Doe

Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-13 Thread Roland Dreier
> Any plans to do something with multiple EQ support in mthca? I haven't done any work on it or seen anything from anyone else, so I expect this will have to wait for 2.6.24. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mo

Re: Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-12 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
> Also, if there's something I didn't list and didn't already include in > the tree I asked Linus to pull, please remind me. I probably dropped it. Any plans to do something with multiple EQ support in mthca? -- MST - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in th